Matt Tomiak considers the wistful history of The Postal Service as he at long last watches them play live at the Brixton Academy.
If a week is a long time in politics, then The Postal Service would surely agree that a decade is one hell of a long time in …
Are music videos seen differently through the eyes of an artist? Are they harsher critics? Do they see things we don’t? We decided to ask Angel. Anyone with musical notes tattooed his face is certainly passionate and with his first studio album ‘About Time’ recently released and two top …
Feathers had the ultimate home ground advantage when playing SXSW this year. Not only were they on their own turf of Austin, Texas, they were also playing as support to Depeche Mode – a band that their own synth pop sound is heavily indebted to. One can only assume it …
The Sunshine Underground are a band you might vaguely know if you were into guitar music about seven years ago, but generally they’ve done well to not bother the music radars since their very pleasing debut ‘Raise The Alarm’ and relative smash hit ‘Commercial Breakdown’. They’re keen to dive straight …
To wrap up their UK tour, Birmingham alt-rock revivalists Peace recently undertook a four-day residency at Dalston’s Birthdays; day two of which featured London’s very own O. Children supporting. Having sold out all four dates very quickly, during the afternoon on the day of the gig – around a …
To coincide with Nokia’s new music streaming app and a range of fancy smart phones the Finnish pioneers have launched a series of live music events across the UK with the aim of showcasing under-the-radar artists to new audiences in unusual venues kicking off last month in Bristol with a …
No Joy, aka Canadian shoegazing girls Jasmine White-Gluz and Laura Lloyd, are here to greet you with a fully-furnished, studio-stamped album. Taking their sun-drenched, noise pop sound to a whole new level, these girls have dusted themselves down, scrubbed their sandals and are ready for business.
The record begins …
HK119 – aka Finnish multimedia artist Heidi Kilpelainen – has made a name for herself in the indie/electro world in recent years. In 2004, prominent Icelandic artist Björk named HK119 her favourite act of the year – an endorsement that did wonders for HK119 and was followed with a record …
Rainbow Arabia’s latest release is that rare case of an album’s title actually being in some way related to the music which is eponymises. FM Sushi is a) chock-full of FM-synths and b) like sushi, definitely not for everyone. It is however, brilliant. The mix of 1980s synth lines …
Thank God for Iceland, right? Where would we be without Of Monsters and Men and Björk? Well, the Icelandic invasion of the British Isles that’s been going on for the past fifteen years or so doesn’t seem like it’ll be letting up anytime soon. The award winning, gold selling, …
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